Sudan: Food and Nutrition Crisis Deepens Across Sudan As Famine Identified in Additional Areas

WFP and UNICEF urge immediate humanitarian access and action to avert what could become the worst hunger crisis in recent history ROME/NEW YORK, 24 December 2024 - Four months… Read more »

Africa: Tackling Hunger in 2024 - Stories You May Have Missed

How the World Food Programme is helping people grow crops, resilience and independence Read more »

Sudan: Operational Update On Surge in Food Aid in Sudan

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered food assistance to more than 800,000 people in famine and famine risk areas across war-torn Sudan since recently launching a… Read more »

East Africa: U.S. Supports Displaced Families in Eastern and Central Africa

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received US$118 million from the United States Government, through USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, to provide… Read more »

Mauritania: EU Contribution Boosts WFP's Lifesaving Efforts in Mauritania

A contribution of EUR 4.85 million from the European Union (EU) helped the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) provide vital food and nutrition assistance to 78,000… Read more »

Rwanda: WFP Executive Board Concludes Rwanda Visit, Showcasing Support for Refugees and Climate-Resilient Food Systems

A delegation of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Board wrapped up a visit to Rwanda where they saw how the UN food agency - the world's largest humanitarian organisation… Read more »

Sudan: WFP Announces Major Surge in Food Aid Into Sudan's Hard-to-Reach Areas

WFP trucks arrive in famine-hit Zamzam camp in North Darfur; Over 700 trucks on the road to locations across Sudan Read more »

South Sudan: Hunger Crisis Deepens in South Sudan With Returnees Fleeing War and Children Hit Hardest

Alarming new food security data from South Sudan shows that 57 per cent of the population will be acutely food insecure through the 2025 lean season with returnees fleeing the war… Read more »

Cameroon: WFP Responds to Severe Flooding in Cameroon That Affects Over 400,000 People

Recent flooding in Cameroon has affected more than 400,000 people and upended lives and livelihoods, as the country grapples with acute food insecurity amid rising food prices,… Read more »

South Sudan: WFP Calls for Cash to Frontload South Sudan Operations Amid Warnings of Rising Hunger

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently appealing to donors to provide early funding for next year's operations in South Sudan so the food agency can preposition… Read more »

Libya: USAID and WFP Address Food Insecurity for Sudanese Refugees in Libya

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received a donation of US$3.25 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau of Humanitarian… Read more »

Ethiopia: In Ethiopia, WFP Is Helping Families to Resettle, Rebuild and Reconquer Their Livelihoods, Post-Conflict

Two years on from the Pretoria Agreement "Peace deal," families are returning to their homes in parts of Northern Ethiopia and rebuilding their livelihoods with support from WFP. Read more »

Mali: WFP Responds to Devastating Floods in Mali That Have Affected 350,000 People

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its lifesaving response to people affected by the devastating floods in Mali. Since the start of the rainy season in… Read more »

Nigeria: Economic Hardship, the Climate Crisis and Violence in the Northeast Projected to Push 33.1 Million Nigerians Into Food Insecurity in 2025

A new assessment has found that a staggering 33 million people will face acute food insecurity in Nigeria in 2025, with the number of people facing emergency levels of need… Read more »

Africa: 'Nothing Left' - Floods Leave Trail of Hunger in West and Central Africa

WFP scales up to reach nearly a million people across the region Read more »

Sudan: Famine Confirmed in Sudan's North Darfur, Confirming UN Agencies Worst Fears

After more than 15 months of war in Sudan, a catastrophic combination of conflict, displacement and humanitarian access constraints has resulted in famine in a camp sheltering… Read more »

Western Sahara: WFP and EU Mark First Year of Multi-Annual Partnership in Support of Sahrawi Refugees

This month, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the European Union (EU) mark one year of the multi-annual partnership between the two organisations that helped WFP… Read more »

Sudan: As Sudan's War Rages, Its Farmers Help Fill the Hunger Gap

A WFP-African Development Bank wheat project is boosting harvests amid catastrophic food insecurity Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Is Facing an Unprecedented Hunger Catastrophe, Say UN Agency Chiefs

New data reveals that over 750,000 people are experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity with 25.6 million people in crisis levels of hunger ROME/NEW YORK - Alarming new… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Hunger Crisis - WFP Calls for Funds and Humanitarian Access to Avert Famine

New IPC report charts 755,000 people at the highest level of food insecurity in world's biggest hunger crisis, World Food Programme warns Read more »

Sudan: WFP Scaling Up As Hunger Catastrophe Looms

World Food Programme boosting operations to support an additional 5 million people by the end of the year - and avert famine in the war-torn country Read more »

Kenya: WFP Welcomes U.S.$37 Million From U.S. Govt to Support Refugees in Kenya

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$37 million from the United States Government to provide critical food and nutrition assistance to… Read more »

Sudan: WFP and African Development Bank Project Boosts Wheat Production in War-Torn Sudan, Amid Soaring Hunger

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced today that the AfDB-financed Sudan Emergency Wheat Production Project had increased… Read more »

Sudan: WFP Expands Emergency Response to Avert Famine in War-Torn Sudan

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently expanding its emergency food and nutrition assistance in war-torn Sudan amid the looming threat of famine, as conditions for civilians… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Children Trapped in Critical Malnutrition Crisis, Warn UN Agencies

Three United Nations agencies today issued a stark warning that all indications point to a significant deterioration of the nutrition situation for children and mothers in war-torn… Read more »